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Percichthys
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Percichthys is a genus of temperate perches native to freshwater habitats in Argentina and Chile.cite-ref-fishbase-3-0[3]

The earliest fossil member of the genus is Percichthys hondoensis from the early Eocene of Argentina.cite-ref-4[4]

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Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:cite-ref-fishbase-3-1[3]

Percichthys chilensis Girard, 1855
Percichthys colhuapiensis MacDonagh, 1955 (largemouth perch)
Percichthys laevis (Jenyns, 1840)
Percichthys melanops Girard, 1855
Percichthys trucha (Valenciennes, 1833) (creole perch)

References

cite-note-coffg-11. citerefeschmeyerfrickevan-der-laanEschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Percichthys". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
cite-note-coff-22. citerefeschmeyerfrickevan-der-laanEschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Percichthyidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
cite-note-fishbase-33. citereffroesepaulyFroese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Percichthys". FishBase. February 2014 version.
cite-note-44. citerefarratiaquezada-romegialli2019Arratia, Gloria; Quezada-Romegialli, Claudio (2019-04-25). "The South American and Australian percichthyids and perciliids. What is new about them?". Neotropical Ichthyology. 17: e180102. doi:10.1590/1982-0224-20180102. ISSN 1679-6225.